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Phoenix II Features & Specifications

The Phoenix II is a stand alone unit that is designed to work with sensors to detect and classify vehicular traffic on interstates, highways and roads.

Robust military specification connectors provide easy wiring of sensors, inputs and outputs of the Phoenix II unit. The Phoenix II comes with a 4 line 20 character LCD display with a 16 alpha/numeric keypad. The Phoenix II has an internal 6 volt battery that is charged via the battery port by either AC or DC inputs for continuous uninterrupted operation.

Communications with the Phoenix II is provided by a RS232 serial connection or USB port allowing direct PC, standard data modem, cellular, and IP modems connectivity in real time. Extra high speed serial ports for vehicle output and local communications are optional.

Using any of three primary different data types the Phoenix II can record data for classification. Class data can be collected in the following data storage types:

Binned – The most common data collected, binned allows for vehicles to be sorted into user defined bins of axles, speed, length headway and gap with a total of 30 bins per type depending on sensor configuration.

Per Vehicle Raw – Each vehicle record is stored with the following attributes:

Lane # - Time – Speed – Axles and Spacings – Overall Length

Time Stamped Sensor - This is the most basic of data types that will store sensor activations to allow for classification and sensor processing to be done post collection with PC software. While providing the most flexible data, sensor timestamp uses the most memory when collecting data.

Optional WIM classifications are available with weigh-in-motion enabled units:

WIM – Per vehicle Weigh In Motion data. Identical to Raw Per vehicle with the addition of axle weights.

Bin+WIM – Combination of WIM data storage and Binned. WIM storage can be limited to vehicles only of a certain class range (such as class 4-13).

Temperature an Battery Data Storage

When in collection mode the Phoenix II can be set to store temperature data and battery voltage data changes along with the count/class data in the counter files for later processing.

Independent Count

The Phoenix II unit includes an advanced feature for dual count and class operation to allow for count and class data to be collected simultaneously. This feature enables the unit to account for sites that may have some lanes that are functioning as classification and others that are not (ex: bad sensors eliminate the ability to classify vehicles in one or more lanes).

The 4 line 20 character per line LCD display allows real time vehicle data monitoring and programming of the unit via the 16 key alpha-numeric watertight keypad.

Ultra Low power consumption with Smart Power Management

Designed for use in remote areas and urban sites alike, the Phoenix II can operate off very low power draw making it a viable solution for data collection with solar or ac/dc power source. The classifier also has smart power management to account for loss of power without losing data and providing auto reinitializing when power is restored to allow for the maximum up time in power event failures. In the event of power loss from a solar or AC power source, the unit has a 6 volt internal battery that can sustain operation for up to 7 days.

Built In Surge and RF protection

With the advent of advances in telecom and electronic protection circuitry, the Phoenix II provides built in grounding protection to be hardened against lightning, noise, and RF interference from sensors. With a separate grounding strap for protection the Phoenix II is designed for the highest reliability and up time in permanent locations with redundant protection circuitry.

Modem and Serial Telemetry

With an onboard RS232 port and optional 2 and 3 port functionality, the Phoenix II provides real time data output and allows for remote telemetry via external modems with a serial interface.

USB Peripheral connection

An optional USB peripheral port can be installed on the Phoenix II for direct connection to a laptop, PC or other USB host for communication.

Incident Detection

Incident detection provides the classifier real time monitoring of traffic parameters and sensor conditions. With incident detection the classifier can be programmed to report sensor failures, specific traffic conditions or warnings to a central office (via modem) and to local warning sings or VMS systems.

Loop x Space, is a way to extend vehicles past the end of the final loop

activation. This function is particularly useful when poor loop conditions cause a loop to prematurely drop out and result in two vehicles being reported instead of one.

Dynamic Sensor assignment and calibration

Sensor assignment and calibration can be changed in the Phoenix II unit by the user on site or via telemetry to account for failing sensors or incorrect input of signals. This also allows for changing lane sensor configurations to accommodate sites with different lane setups.